AuthorTopic: True Slacky Clones (Read 10499 times)

Since VL is a clone of slackware it seems that the defects of the mother are cloned as well. Case in point, in Vl-5.8 which was based onslackware-12.0, with MC iso files could be opened, 'at' and crontab played sound when configured as user and frozen-bubble could be played.

Now with VL-6 and possible VL-5.9 which are based on slackware-12.1 all that is gone as it is in this slackware version: 'at' and crontab do not play soundas user configured, MC will not open iso files and frozen-bubble cannot be played.

I have no idea how the cloning is being done, however, just wonder ifdefinite betterings like in VL can be done why not leave those annoyingshortcomings of mama-slack out.

Now as warning, I upgraded from slackware-12.1 to 12.2 and ended up with a useless distro. First I noticed firefox will not open any longer giving some error message that it cannot find something in some libs and that went on with quite a few other programs. Will have to junk it all and wait maybe until the dust has settled on version 12.2. For this reason I am now fully in VL-6-LIGHT-my-version.

Now as warning, I upgraded from slackware-12.1 to 12.2 and ended up with a useless distro. First I noticed firefox will not open any longer giving someerror message that it cannot find something in some libs and that went on with quite a few other programs.

Three programs not compiled to your specifications and that is a defect?

I've found in place upgrades problematic with lots of distros. They work some of the time but often deliver a broken system. Slackware is hardly unique in this. I've had the same with Fedora and Ubuntu.

Vector Linux is NOT a clone of Slackware. Far from it. It is a derivative of Slackware. The majority of packages, including the kernel, are built to VL standards which are quiet different from Slack standards. Of course, VL also has a very different package list. If you look at what's happened with the 6.0 repo since the alpha releases started you'd see that most of the true Slackware packages have been replaced. The beauty of VL is that it builds on the strengths of Slackware (stabilty, reliability, speed) and then takes things to the next level. Anyway, that's my take on it. FWIW, I'd put some other distros (Zenwalk, Wolvix) in the same category as VL.

The philosophy of VL not go for upgrades is then basically right. May be it wasjustified in the old days when programs were much smaller and lesssophisticated.

So, after all, the failure to upgrade from slackware 12.1 to 12.2 was a blessing in disguise for me. It forced me to qickly built a new working box andsince I had VL-6-A0.14-Light already going I chose it. Installed via gslaptfor me missing programs, copied others from slackware not found in VLincluding all the fonts, installed gnome-2.24.1, xfce4 and fluxbox and thereI am having a smooth running VL-6 linux box I could not wish for anythingbetter.

There are no hang-ups, no hick-ups just a minor problem with sound which Iam close to having it solved.

The philosophy of VL not go for upgrades is then basically right. May be it wasjustified in the old days when programs were much smaller and less sophisticated.

Vector without an upgrade option is not justified?

This post started as a complaint about upgrade in Slackware, I know of many that have been doing upgrades in Slackware without problems. You must follow the instructions. The problem lies with the changing of system libraries. If you do not follow the upgrade texts there will be problems.